A cursed young woman sets out on a wild fundraising adventure through Trashtown, USA, after she’s told by multiple psychics than she can break the curse by paying them $1000.
World Premiere
SXSW, 2025
"What an exciting and refreshing ride! Annapurna proves to be a triple-threat in an impressive feature debut. The vision behind this film is ""creative, bold and confident; I didn’t dare pause while watching on my laptop during the programming process (if you know, you know). Her creativity and intention shine through every frame, and I’d love to see this get a theatrical run. The 16mm looks gorgeous on the big screen. A true indie gem worthy of any “Best Films of 2025” list."
Lauren Thelen
Nashville Film Festival
Fucktoys is a singular cinematic experience that gleefully defies expectations with its bold mix of camp and social commentary. Shot on gorgeous 16mm, the film creates a visually arresting world that's both entirely its own and a fever dream of video store nostalgia. And finally, if Big Freedia tells you you're cursed, well then you are cursed!"
Allegra Madsen
Frameline
"Fucktoys is rambunctious, youthful, sexy, and probably wicked in the way it owns female sexuality and labor. It has the can-do (must-do) energy of 70s American independent film, and the vampiric bite of the New Queer Cinema."
Brian Hu
San Diego Asian Film Festival
"Director Annapurna Sriram takes control of her career with Fucktoys, creating a role in front of the camera that shows what she’s capable of as an actor, while displaying originality as a writer and director. It’s a bold, ballsy film that jumps off the screen."
